What are Bio-pesticides?
Bio-pesticides are a natural form of pest control which uses non-toxic material's to get rid of unwanted insects. For example, some types of marigolds such as French annuals are a type of bio-pesticide as they repel some unwanted insects like white flies. Citronella is a natural pesticide used in most mosquito repellents is well known for it's ability to keep mosquito's away, just to name a few (see more below).
Biopesticides come from natural materials:
Animal’s
Plants
Bacteria
Minerals
See more about Bio-pesticides below the video
Biopesticides come from natural materials:
Animal’s
Plants
Bacteria
Minerals
See more about Bio-pesticides below the video
Featured Video: Biopesticides
Benefits/Advantages of Using Bio-Pesticides
Advantages of Using Bio-pesticides
- Less toxic than conventional pesticides
- Usually affect only the target pest and closely related organisms
- Conventional pesticides often affect other birds, insects, and mammals which were not the target.
List of Things that are used as Bio-pesticides
Partial list of Bio-pesticides
- Baking Soda
- Boric acid
- Canola oil
- Chives
- Dried blood
- Crushed egg yolks
- Garlic
- Marigolds
- Mint
- Onions
- Sage
- Salt
- Diatomaceous earth (made from diatoms)
- Algae.
Basic Types of bio-pesticides
Basic Types of Bio-pesticides:
Microbial pesticides
Plant-Incorporated-Protectants (PIPs)
*The protein and its genetic material, are regulated by EPA, but not the plant itself
Comparison: Conventional pesticides are generally synthetic materials that directly kill or inactivate pests.
It can be hard to determine if a substance “meets the criteria for classification as a biochemical pesticide.” The Environmental Protection Agency has a committee just for this purpose which makes these decisions.
Natural insect repellents (Bio-pesticides) are a natural, environmentally safe way to stop insects from eating your garden.
“At the end of 2001, there were approximately 195 registered biopesticide active ingredients and 780 products” (Pesticides, 2011).
Retrieved from:
Pesticides: Regulating pesticides. (February 16, 2011). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/whatarebiopesticides.htm
Microbial pesticides
- (e.g., a bacterium, fungus, virus or protozoan) as the active ingredient
- Control specific types of weeds, and other fungi which kills specific insects
- Bacterium produces a different mix of proteins
- Specifically kills one or a few related species of insect larvae
- Some Bt’s control moth larvae found on plants
- Some Bt's are specific for larvae of flies and mosquitoes
Plant-Incorporated-Protectants (PIPs)
- Substances used to get rid of insects made from plants which produce it from genetic material which has been added to the plant.
*The protein and its genetic material, are regulated by EPA, but not the plant itself
- Biochemical pesticides
- Naturally occurring substances
- Control pests by non-toxic mechanisms
Comparison: Conventional pesticides are generally synthetic materials that directly kill or inactivate pests.
- Include substances, such as insect sex pheromones, that interfere with mating
- Various scented plant extracts which attract insect pests to traps
It can be hard to determine if a substance “meets the criteria for classification as a biochemical pesticide.” The Environmental Protection Agency has a committee just for this purpose which makes these decisions.
Natural insect repellents (Bio-pesticides) are a natural, environmentally safe way to stop insects from eating your garden.
“At the end of 2001, there were approximately 195 registered biopesticide active ingredients and 780 products” (Pesticides, 2011).
Retrieved from:
Pesticides: Regulating pesticides. (February 16, 2011). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/whatarebiopesticides.htm
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References:
Pesticides | US EPA. (2015). US EPA. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://www.epa.gov/pesticides
Biopesticides. (2018). YouTube. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b8TemHyiJ4
Pesticides | US EPA. (2015). US EPA. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://www.epa.gov/pesticides
Biopesticides. (2018). YouTube. Retrieved 12 April 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b8TemHyiJ4